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Is August a Male or Female Name?

August is predominantly a male name

Gender Distribution

The gender distribution of people named August globally is 86.9% males and 13.1% females. The country with the highest male ratio is Sweden with 99.3% and the country with the highest female ratio is United States with 17.5%

Bar chart showing gender ratios of people named August in percentages: Globally: 86.9% males, 13.1% females, United States: 82.5% males, 17.5% females, Germany: 97.3% males, 2.7% females, Sweden: 99.3% males, 0.7% females, South Africa: 91.8% males, 8.2% females

Age Distribution

The largest group of people named August are 65+ years old, making up 37.9% of people with the name. The smallest group are aged 18-24.

Doughnut chart showing the proportion of people named August in each age group: 18-24: 10.0%, 25-34: 11.8%, 35-44: 11.3%, 45-54: 12.4%, 55-64: 16.6%, 65+: 37.9%

Popular Countries

The country with the largest proportion of people named August is Sweden with 0.0136% of the population. Following is United States and South Africa.

Historic Popularity

The historic popularity of the name August measured by the global proportion of people with the given name.

Line chart showing global proportion of people named August year over year: 1956: 0.0023‰, 1957: 0.0026‰, 1958: 0.002‰, 1959: 0.0019‰, 1960: 0.0017‰, 1961: 0.0019‰, 1962: 0.0019‰, 1963: 0.0024‰, 1964: 0.0015‰, 1965: 0.0014‰, 1966: 0.0017‰, 1967: 0.0016‰, 1968: 0.001‰, 1969: 0.0017‰, 1970: 0.0012‰, 1971: 0.0012‰, 1972: 0.0012‰, 1973: 0.0014‰, 1974: 0.0016‰, 1975: 0.0015‰, 1976: 0.0013‰, 1977: 0.0009‰, 1978: 0.0009‰, 1979: 0.0011‰, 1980: 0.001‰, 1981: 0.0014‰, 1982: 0.0012‰, 1983: 0.0014‰, 1984: 0.0011‰, 1985: 0.0011‰, 1986: 0.0012‰, 1987: 0.0011‰, 1988: 0.0011‰, 1989: 0.0009‰, 1990: 0.0007‰, 1991: 0.001‰, 1992: 0.0012‰, 1993: 0.0018‰, 1994: 0.002‰, 1995: 0.001‰, 1996: 0.0012‰, 1997: 0.0013‰, 1998: 0.0012‰, 1999: 0.001‰, 2000: 0.0011‰

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